Folk musicObituaryMichael Marra obituaryScottish folk singer-songwriter and playwright known as the Bard of DundeeThe Scottish singer-songwriter and playwright Michael Marra – popularly known as the Bard of Dundee – has died aged 60 after suffering from cancer. Marra's songwriting was rooted in Scottish life, and he found an enthusiastic audience within and beyond the folk music scene, which led to him supporting performers such as Van Morrison, Barbara Dickson and Deacon Blue. His song Hermless was regarded as a potential Scottish national anthem. Read More...
Mr Churchill, who was received with cheers, said: This war is only a continuation of the last, but very great differences in its character are apparent. In the last war millions of men fought by hurling masses of steel at one another. Prodigious slaughter was the consequence. In this war nothing of this kind has yet appeared. It is a conflict of strategy, organisation, technical apparatus, science, mechanics, and morale. The British casualties in the first twelve months of the Great War amounted to 365,000. Read More...
A new bathroom is delivered to the Skid Row neighborhood in October. Photograph: Maylin TuA new bathroom is delivered to the Skid Row neighborhood in October. Photograph: Maylin TuLos AngelesThe neighborhood is home to 4,400 unhoused people. Its restroom options fall short of the UN standard for refugee camps
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The sun is rising over Skid Row as a crane slowly lifts a shiny, two-unit toilet from the back of a truck and on to the sidewalk. Read More...